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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
2
Over 400 attended the 29th annual 4 H Girls Rally Day at Brighton High School gym Tuesday afternoon. Karla Parcell led the program and was named best groomed girl, with awards and blue ribbons given to top seniors and intermediates. Gerald Howell spoke on his India exchange experiences.
Monday evening meetings covered church brotherhood activities with 19 members and 15 guests, plus a White Shrine Bridge Club session at Ezra Smith cabin with 16 attendees. Guests from Wellman Keota and Kalona surprised Rev Longfellow. Gerald Howell spoke of India. camp gift to Forest Lake Baptist near Ottumwa. baby shower hosted by Women of the Moose for Jan Marie Carter with 27 guests and prize winners named among attendees.
Mary Jo Tobin of Ainsworth and Maurice E. Greene of Ruthven wed Monday June 4 at St James Catholic Church in Washington. The ceremony featured a 9 am mass with Rev R J Kinnavey and a reception for 200 in St James hall. The couple will teach in Cedar Falls and Grand Meadow after a Wisconsin wedding trip.
Madison report identifies N. E. W. Lenz as secretary of Wisconsin's board of examiners in optometry.
All notices must be in by 10 a.m. on the day of first publication. Each notice will be printed three days in advance of the meeting.
Activities and gatherings across local groups from Wednesday to Friday at Masonic Temple Legion hall churches and community centers. Postponements include Friendly Circle Club. notices include quilting pot luck and numerous circle meetings with hostesses and times listed.
The regular monthly meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau Young People was held at the 4-H building with county seniors as guests. Guests included LeRoy Hammen Jo Ellen G Wilford McCreedy Janet Ross Don Roth Jim McCreedy George Marie Frances Potratz Jean Jones and Ruth Augustine Wynne Potratz hosted. A FBYP tour film was shown and plans were made to move the meeting date to the third Monday and summer sessions at the 4-H building. A tractor rodeo committee and a task meet and talent fund committee were appointed. Round and square dancing followed with plans for a June 15 dance at the Legion Hall, Washington.
Miss Judith Quinn daughter of Mr and Mrs James L Quinn of Ainsworth married Ernest A Thieleker son of Mr and Mrs Alfred C Thieleker of New York City at the Ainsworth Methodist Church Rev Carl Stiefel officiated The double ring ceremony followed by a reception for 40 at the bride's parents home After June 19 the couple will live at 935 East College Iowa City The bride a chemistry BS graduate and Thieleker a physics graduate student and assistant in the State University of Iowa physics department attend the wedding with several out of town guests.
Mr and Mrs Ken Peters and family left for New Albany Indiana to visit Ken s ill father and expect to stay about a week Jack D Quigley returned to Fort Carson Colorado after a 20 day leave Virginia Hunt daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Hunt of Ainsworth graduated from Central College Pella Iowa on June 4 with a two year normal course plans to teach in Keota this fall Mr and Mrs Ralph Martin left for Eugene Oregon to attend their daughter Mary s graduation Master of Arts degree June 12 They will visit relatives and tour the Grand Canyon en route home about three weeks Milo Weaver of Washington is a patient at Mercy Hospital Iowa City recovering from surgery His room is 320 Mr and Mrs Gordon Secrest and family moved to 510 West Third Street Gordon began work June 4 as a gas service man s helper with Iowa Southern Utilities Company Graduates from Parsons College Fairfield reading area names Edwin Whitmore Robison Beverly Heary Kane Lois Graham Reiner and Veda Latta visited Ames relatives Mrs Latta returned home after a month with Mrs Elder s family in Ames The summer movie program starts June 18 tickets will be ready for children to pick up soon.
Ruth Simpson, summer program director for the YWCA, has assumed her new duties and is preparing the summer schedule. Plans will be announced when completed.
Bible School West Chester Methodist will close with an open house at 9 am Friday. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Marriage licenses were issued today at the office of the clerk of district court to James Orton Letts of Washington and JoAnn Peiffer of Keota and to Glenn Raymond Peterson of Ruthven, Iowa and Mary Virginia Twinam of Crawfordsville. Robbed: About $37 stolen from a cash register at Herman's Feed Store in Wellman Monday night. Entry gained by forcing a bar on the front door. register pried open to reach cash. Calkins: Services for John L. Calkins were held at the Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 pm, Rev. Walter Scheuermann presiding. Pallbearers were Marr Schell, LE Coffey, John Phieger, Tom English, Don Woodruf, Alfred Fritz. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Everetts sang a duet. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home.
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